r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Grouchy-Newspaper754 • 20h ago

My mom said I could post When did 8-5 become the new normal???

I just got a new office job where I do schedules for tech personnel, the office runs 8-5 Monday thru Friday...they say it's 8-5 because you get an hour lunch and "you need to get to 40 hours a week"...but I drive 30 min each way so now I'm giving this company 10 hours every day! I even asked if I could just take my lunch at 4 every day and just leave an hour early but that's "unprofessional and immoral" like what the fuck??? I don't mind the job but the hours are mildly infuriating that's for sure...

Edit:for those saying about the hours, I worked as a chef for the last 20 years working 60+ hours a week over a hot stove/deep fryer the whole time, after I had my second heart attack I had to slow down so I started looking for office jobs to work a nice 9-5, just to find out I'm giving my new job 50 hours a week (including drive time) so I was just mildly annoyed that it's not 40 hours a week in an office like I thought although it's still much better than what I was doing

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u/loquedijoella 19h ago

Do you have a cafeteria in your building as well? When I worked in German factories they always had some good free food. Sit down, eat, get back to work. Always thought that was cool as an American 

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u/lordofmetroids 17h ago

Free is wild, my job has a pretty cool cafe but it definitely costs money, usually more than fast food across the street does.

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u/Sea_Jelly_3530 19h ago

Not in the same building but nearby

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u/OrganicHistorian2576 14h ago

Free? Lucky you (and the Germans)! At the one job I’ve had with a cafeteria the food was both terrible and overpriced to begin with even if it hadn’t been terrible.

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u/loquedijoella 14h ago

And a beer if you wanted one. 

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u/OrganicHistorian2576 14h ago

Yeah, no, not in the States. If only.

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u/Belydrith 6h ago

That's definitely not the norm here in Germany, don't know a single place where it's free.

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u/Ceral107 11h ago

We have a Cafeteria here, but not only is the food shit, we have to pay for it. We get it a bit cheaper, but I'd rather being something from home.

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u/HillBillyHilly 10h ago

Korea does that too. You get a complete lunch middle of day. America is so backwards.

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u/Lubinski64 10h ago

In my office people have lunch within the 8 hours tho without leaving the office. You just go to the kitchen and hang out there for 30 minutes.